scholarly journals Loggerhead sea turtle abundance at a foraging hotspot in the eastern Pacific Ocean: implications for at-sea conservation

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
JA Seminoff ◽  
T Eguchi ◽  
J Carretta ◽  
CD Allen ◽  
D Prosperi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Eastern Pacific Ocean ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtle

scholarly journals Hematology, biochemistry, and toxicology of wild hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) nesting in mangrove estuaries in the eastern Pacific Ocean

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aubrey M. Tauer ◽  
Michael J. Liles ◽  
Sofía Chavarría ◽  
Melissa Valle ◽  
Sada Amaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Organic Pollutants ◽  
Persistent Organic Pollutants ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Eastern Pacific Ocean ◽  
Eretmochelys Imbricata ◽  
Mangrove Estuary ◽  
Hawksbill Turtles

AbstractSea turtles are a keystone species and are highly sensitive to changes in their environment, making them excellent environmental indicators. In light of environmental and climate changes, species are increasingly threatened by pollution, changes in ocean health, habitat alteration, and plastic ingestion. There may be additional health related threats and understanding these threats is key in directing future management and conservation efforts, particularly for severely reduced sea turtle populations. Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) are critically endangered, with those in the eastern Pacific Ocean (Mexico–Peru) considered one of the most threatened sea turtle populations in the world. This study establishes baseline health parameters in hematology and blood biochemistry as well as tested for heavy metals and persitent organic pollutants in eastern Pacific hawksbills at a primary nesting colony located in a mangrove estuary. Whereas hematology and biochemistry results are consistent with healthy populations of other species of sea turtles, we identified differences in packed cell volume, heterophils and lympohcyte counts, and glucose when comparing our data to other adult hawksbill analysis (1), (2), (3). Our analysis of heavy metal contamination revealed a mean blood level of 0.245 ppm of arsenic, 0.045 ppm of lead, and 0.008 ppm of mercury. Blood levels of persistent organic pollutants were below the laboratory detection limit for all turtles. Our results suggest that differences in the feeding ecology of eastern Pacific hawksbills in mangrove estuaries may make them less likely to accumulate persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals in their blood. These baseline data on blood values in hawksbills nesting within a mangrove estuary in the eastern Pacific offer important guidance for health assessments of the species in the wild and in clinical rehabilitation facilities, and underscore the importance of preventing contamination from point and non-point sources in mangrove estuaries, which represent primary habitat to hawksbills and myriad other marine species in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Rookery contributions, movements and conservation needs of hawksbill turtles at foraging grounds in the eastern Pacific Ocean

2018 ◽  
Vol 586 ◽  
pp. 203-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
AR Gaos ◽  
RL Lewison ◽  
MP Jensen ◽  
MJ Liles ◽  
A Henriquez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Eastern Pacific Ocean ◽  
Hawksbill Turtles

Spatial segregation by size of billfishes bycaught by the tuna purse-seine fishery in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

2021 ◽  
Vol 241 ◽  
pp. 106001
Author(s):  
Osman Crespo-Neto ◽  
Eric Díaz-Delgado ◽  
Tatiana A. Acosta-Pachón ◽  
Raúl O. Martínez-Rincón
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Spatial Segregation ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Purse Seine ◽  
Eastern Pacific Ocean ◽  
Purse Seine Fishery

Postrelease survival of silky sharks (Carcharhinus falciformis) following capture by longline fishing vessels in the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean

2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt M Schaefer ◽  
Daniel W Fuller ◽  
Alexandre Aires-da-Silva ◽  
Jose M Carvajal ◽  
Jimmy Martínez-Ortiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Eastern Pacific Ocean ◽  
Fishing Vessels ◽  
Carcharhinus Falciformis

Standardization of small purse seiner fishing effort and its relation to fishing grounds in the eastern tropical sector of the Eastern Pacific Ocean

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 101432
Author(s):  
Estefania Isaza-Toro ◽  
Alan Giraldo ◽  
John Josephraj Selvaraj ◽  
Omar Olimpo Ortíz-Ferrín
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Fishing Effort ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Eastern Pacific Ocean
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